Cop among 3 to walk gallows for killing 9-yr-old boy

Abu Sayeed's body was wrapped in sacks and recovered from the attic of Constable Ebadur Rahman's house at Kumarpara, Sylhet.

Judge Abdur Rashid of Sylhet Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal also fined the condemned convicts Tk 1 lakh each.

The convicts are Abdur Rakib, general secretary of Sylhet district unit Olama League, Ebadur Rahman, a sacked constable of Sylhet Airport Police Station, and Ataur Rahman Geda, a police informant.

The court also acquitted Mahib Hossain Masum, publicity secretary of the district unit of Olama League, of the case as allegation against him was not proved.

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The convicts abducted Abu Sayeed, son of Andul Matin, on March 11 for a ransom of Tk 5 lakh and later killed him for recognizing the policeman.

On March 12, Ebadur confessed to the crime before a magistrate. Two days later police recovered Sayeed's body from the attic of the building where both Ebadur and Sayeed resided.